Tel vs Mini Text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tel
Communicate with customers using your business phone number for texts and picture messages across the continental US. Access your conversations from multiple devices, including computers, and allow team members to share a single business number for seamless customer interaction.
- Use business number for texts
- Send/receive picture messages
- Multi-device access
- Browser access on computers
- Shared team number
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Make and receive text messages using your business phone number! • Use your business phone number to text instead of your personal number • Send and receive text and picture messages to/from any cell phone number in the continental US View your messages on multiple devices: • Use your account on multiple devices with one sign-in • Access your messages from any computer via your browser (Chrome/Firefox/Edge) • Multiple users can access the same number so you or your team can reply to any message Now your customers can communicate with you with the ease and convenience that they have when texting with friends and family. No need to download a separate messaging “app” to contact you - they can simply text your business number and get in touch.
Mini Text
Send SMS and MMS messages globally without a SIM card. Register for a temporary number to receive verification codes from various platforms and protect your privacy by hiding your real number.
- Send SMS & MMS globally
- Receive verification codes
- Temporary number registration
- Privacy protection
- Image transmission support
- Cross-platform messaging
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Mini text is an application that can send messages (SMS & MMS). The page is simple and easy to use. You can send messages to real numbers in any country in the world without a phone card (SIM card) * register to get a number Get a number easily, no additional charge, and use it immediately. * receive verification code You can receive verification code messages from telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, tinder, eBay, snapchat and other platforms * support image transmission You can send or receive picture messages to make chat more interesting * global and national support Mini text has cross platform messaging capability, which allows you to send messages to real numbers in any country without constraints * Change number The original number doesn't want to be used anymore. Click "change number" to reselect a number immediately * native experience System level message notification, even if you close the application, you will not miss every message * mass numbers can be selected We have a large number of choices for different countries and regions. You can choose a number you like * protect your privacy Hide your real number, and the other party can only see the number in your application What is the number validity period? After registration, you can immediately have a number. Within the validity period of the number, you can send and receive messages at will. Once the remaining time of the number is insufficient, you need to buy more time. Otherwise, the number will be lost and you will not be able to send messages. What is integral? Due to the different communication costs in different countries, a certain number of points will be deducted according to the specific situation when making a call or sending a message. In the app, you can purchase points to supplement at any time. Privacy Policy: https://musjoy.com/SimpleCall/html/privacy_policy.html Terms of service: https://musjoy.com/SimpleCall/html/terms_of_service.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tel at 5.0 against Mini Text's 2.0. Tel also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7). Mini Text's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Mini Text sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Tel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mini Text has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Tel | Mini Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Textable | 红阳 张 |
Customer experience
Tel
Mini Text
In-app purchases
Tel
No in-app purchases
Mini Text
- Add 1 week number usage time$0.99
- Replace current number$0.99
- Add 1 month number usage time$1.99
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- Add 100 credits$1.99
- Add 600 credits$8.99
- Add 1 year number usage time$12.99
- Add 3000 credits$28.99









